"Voyage of the James Caird The voyage of the ""James Caird"" was a small-boat journey from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a distance of . Undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions, it aimed to obtain rescue for the main body of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917, which was stranded on Elephant Island after the loss of its ship ""Endurance"". Polar historians regard the voyage as one of the greatest small-boat journeys ever completed. In October 1915 pack ice in the Weddell Sea had sunk ""Endurance"", leaving Shackleton"
"RRS Ernest Shackleton RRS ""Ernest Shackleton"" is a Royal Research Ship operated by the British Antarctic Survey. She is primarily a logistics ship used for the resupply of scientific stations in the Antarctic. Launched in 1995 as MV ""Polar Queen"" for GC Rieber Shipping, she was operated in the Antarctic by other national programmes. The British Antarctic Survey acquired her on a long-term bareboat charter in August 1999 and renamed her RRS ""Ernest Shackleton"" after the Anglo-Irish polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. She replaced RRS ""Bransfield"". Known to users as the Shack, the ship was chartered to Crystal Cruise Line"
"in 1997. The book provides an account of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, covering the period 15 January 1914 to 29 October 1915, in the form of a journal written from a cat’s point of view, supposedly by Mrs Chippy. The final entry recounts Shackleton instructing his crew, now camped on the ice pack following the destruction of their ship, that to ensure their survival ""Anything that cannot pull its weight or is not useful to the Expedition must be put down"". The book ends poignantly with Mrs Chippy (clearly unaware of the implications of Shackleton's order) relaxing in a tent,"
"in September 1930, and was buried with full naval honours in an unmarked grave. The New Zealand Antarctic Society placed a headstone on the grave in 1959. To this they added a life-size bronze statue of Mrs Chippy in 2004, funded through public subscription, to complete a tribute and memorial to the carpenter and his much loved cat. In February 2011 Mrs Chippy was featured on a postage stamp issued by the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. A novel by Caroline Alexander, ""Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition : The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat"", was published by Bloomsbury"
"and turned the ship smartly round & picked her up. She must have been in the water 10 minutes or more"". The cat was retrieved by the ship’s biologist, Robert Clark, using one of his sample nets. After the ship became trapped in pack ice and was destroyed, Shackleton decided that Mrs Chippy, and five of the sled dogs that had been carried on board, would not survive. In a diary entry dated 29 October 1915 he recorded: McNish was very attached to Mrs Chippy and never forgave Shackleton for having him killed. He died, destitute, in Wellington, New Zealand,"
"year, returning in May/June. After annual refit/drydock, ""Ernest Shackleton"" is chartered out for commercial use in the northern summer. RRS Ernest Shackleton RRS ""Ernest Shackleton"" is a Royal Research Ship operated by the British Antarctic Survey. She is primarily a logistics ship used for the resupply of scientific stations in the Antarctic. Launched in 1995 as MV ""Polar Queen"" for GC Rieber Shipping, she was operated in the Antarctic by other national programmes. The British Antarctic Survey acquired her on a long-term bareboat charter in August 1999 and renamed her RRS ""Ernest Shackleton"" after the Anglo-Irish polar explorer Sir Ernest"
"Quest (ship) Quest, a low-powered, schooner-rigged steamship that sailed from 1917 until sinking in 1962, is best known as the polar exploration vessel of the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922. It was aboard this vessel that Sir Ernest Shackleton died on 5 January 1922 while the vessel was in harbour in South Georgia. Prior to and after the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, ""Quest"" operated in commercial service as a seal-hunting vessel or sealer. ""Quest"" was also the primary expedition vessel of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition to the east coast of the island of Greenland in 1930-1931. ""Quest"" was in length, had"
"He believed the march was too risky; they should wait until the ice carried them to open water, and then escape in the boats. Shackleton over-ruled him. Before the march could begin, Shackleton ordered the weakest animals to be shot, including the carpenter Harry McNish's cat, Mrs Chippy, and a pup which had become a pet of the surgeon Macklin. The company set out on 30 October 1915, with two of the ship's lifeboats carried on sledges. Problems quickly arose, as the condition of the sea ice around them worsened. According to Hurley the surface became ""a labyrinth of hummocks"
"exhibitions when the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg was opened. A further replica, ""James Caird III"", was built and purchased by the South Georgia Heritage Trust, and since 2008 has been on display at the South Georgia Museum at Grytviken. Voyage of the James Caird The voyage of the ""James Caird"" was a small-boat journey from Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands to South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, a distance of . Undertaken by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five companions, it aimed to obtain rescue for the main body of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917, which"
"transport and re-erection was 2011-2012. An archival collection of 476 photographs from the ""Quest""/Shackleton-Rowett Expedition is maintained by the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Quest (ship) Quest, a low-powered, schooner-rigged steamship that sailed from 1917 until sinking in 1962, is best known as the polar exploration vessel of the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922. It was aboard this vessel that Sir Ernest Shackleton died on 5 January 1922 while the vessel was in harbour in South Georgia. Prior to and after the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, ""Quest"" operated in commercial service as a seal-hunting vessel or sealer. ""Quest"" was"
"Nimrod (ship) Nimrod was the ship Ernest Shackleton used in his 1908 Antarctic Nimrod Expedition for the South Pole. It was a 41-year-old schooner of 334 gross register tons that had been used to hunt seals and whales. Shackleton, who paid £5,000 for the ship, had it re-rigged as a barquentine. It also had an auxiliary steam engine, but had a top speed of only six knots under this power. In addition, the ship was so overloaded with supplies for the expedition that it could not carry enough coal to make passage to the Antarctic from New Zealand, and Shackleton"
"she left from Atlantic City, New Jersey, in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1910. Kiddo was upset at first by the experience, but settled in and evidently, was better at predicting bad weather than the barometer. The airship's engines failed, and the small crew and Kiddo abandoned the ""America"" for lifeboats when they sighted the Royal Mail steamship ""Trent"", near Bermuda. Kiddo then was retired from being a ship's cat and was taken care of by Edith Wellman Ainsworth, the daughter of the American journalist, explorer, and aviator, Walter Wellman, who made the daring attempt. Mrs Chippy"
"the seas around the island was substantially reduced over the following sixty years until the station closed in December 1966, by which time the whale stocks were so low that their continued exploitation was unviable. Even now, the shore around Grytviken is littered with whale bones and the rusting remains of whale oil processing plants and abandoned whaling ships. Grytviken is closely associated with the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set out from London on 1 August 1914, to reach the Weddell Sea on 10 January 1915, where the pack ice closed in on their ship, ""Endurance""."
"a signed copy of the expedition photo his signature appears as ""H. MacNish"", but his spelling is in general idiosyncratic, as revealed in the diary he kept throughout the expedition. There also is a question regarding McNish's nickname. ""Chippy"" was a traditional nickname for a shipwright; both this and the shorter ""Chips"" (as in wood chips from carpentry) seem to have been used. The aim of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent from one side to the other. McNish was apparently attracted by Shackleton's advertisement for the expedition (although there are doubts"
"in all, but only 19 were on board for the start of the Antarctic portion (Hussey accompanied Shackleton's body when it was put on board a ship for England, and Eriksen, Mooney and Bee-Mason had left before the ship reached South Georgia). Gerald Lysaght, a yachtsman, accompanied the crew from Plymouth to Cape Verde. Personnel of the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, 1921–22, was the last Antarctic expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Proposed as an ambitious two-year programme of Antarctic exploration it was curtailed by the death of Shackleton and the inadequacies of the expedition's ship, ""Quest"". Under the"
"a beam of , and depth of hold. The vessel has been variously rated at 209 and 214 gross register tons, possibly due to the 1924 refit described below. ""Quest"" was originally built in Risør, Norway in 1917 as the wooden-hulled sealer ""Foca I"" or ""Foca II"". She was the polar expedition vessel of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922. The vessel was renamed ""Quest"" by Lady Emily Shackleton, wife of expedition leader Ernest Shackleton. At the expense of expedition financier John Quiller Rowett, ""Quest"" was refitted for the expedition with modifications overseen by sailing master Frank Worsley, including re-rigging and"
"in the Antarctic. Peebles was the ship's cat aboard HMS ""Western Isles"". Another cat who became a favourite of the ship's crew, he was known to be particularly intelligent and would shake the hands of strangers when they entered the wardroom. Pooli served aboard a United States attack transport during the Second World War. Rinda was the ship's cat on the Norwegian cargo ship , which was torpedoed and sunk during World War II. When the surviving crew realized that their beloved ship's cat was not on board the lifeboat, they rowed around in the night until they finally heard"
"of quad-bikes and trailers for activities on Antarctica, such as moving stores and equipment. ""James Caird IV"" is a , ice-capable survey motor boat built by Mustang Marine in Pembroke Dockyard, based on a design of existing British Antarctic Survey boats. It has a crew of five, plus up to five passengers. The boat was named by Alexandra Shackleton, the granddaughter of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, during the commissioning ceremony for ""Protector"" on 23 June 2011. The boat's name commemorates the voyage of the ""James Caird"" made by Shackleton in 1916. HMS Protector (A173) HMS ""Protector is a Royal Navy"
"DiPietro made its debut in New York City at the Tony Kiser Theater, an Off-Broadway venue. Blended with a parallel story of a struggling composer, the play retells the adventure of ""Endurance"" in detail, incorporating photos and videos of the journey. Printed sources Online sources Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (; 15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was a British polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland (then part of the"
"Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (; 15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was a British polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom), Shackleton and his Anglo-Irish family moved to Sydenham in suburban south London when he was ten. His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition 1901–1904, from which he was sent home early on"
"party would remain in Antarctica until the ship's eventual return on 12 December 1913. For his services to Antarctic exploration, including his work on the continent's first propeller-driven sledge, his important contribution to establishing the first wireless link with Antarctica and his discovery of the first Antarctic meteorite, Bickerton was awarded the King's Polar Medal in silver and Mawson chose to name Cape Bickerton (6620S, 13656E, five miles (8 km) ENE of Gravenoire Rock) in his honor. While still in Antarctica, Bickerton had learned about and volunteered for Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic (or ""Endurance"") Expedition. Shackleton intended to take"
"Shackleton–Rowett Expedition The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (1921–22) was Sir Ernest Shackleton's last Antarctic project, and the final episode in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The venture, financed by John Quiller Rowett, is sometimes referred to as the ""Quest"" Expedition after its ship ""Quest"", a converted Norwegian sealer. Shackleton had originally intended to go to the Arctic and explore the Beaufort Sea, but this plan was abandoned when the Canadian government withheld financial support; Shackleton thereupon switched his attention to the Antarctic. ""Quest"", smaller than any recent Antarctic exploration vessel, soon proved inadequate for its task, and progress south was delayed"
"the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition include the 2002 two-part television drama ""Shackleton"", written and directed by Charles Sturridge, with Kenneth Branagh as Shackleton. In preparation for his role, Branagh spent six weeks in the Antarctic. In 2013 PBS screened a three-part documentary that recreates the ""James Caird"" voyage using a replica lifeboat and original materials. Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After Amundsen's"
"Sir James Caird, 1st Baronet, of Belmont Castle Sir James Key Caird, 1st Baronet (7 January 1837 – 9 March 1916) was a Scottish jute baron and mathematician. He was one of Dundee's most successful entrepreneurs, who used the latest technology in his Ashton and Craigie Mills. Caird was noted for his interest in providing financial aid for scientific research. He was one of the sponsors of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1914 to 1916. The ship's boat, the ""James Caird"", in which six of Shackleton's expedition made an epic voyage of 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) from"
"of provisions. During his watch one night while the crew were camped on the ice, a small part of the ice floe broke away and he was only rescued due to the quick intervention of the men of the next watch who threw him a line allowing him to jump back to safety. Shackleton reported that McNish calmly mentioned his narrow escape the next day after further cracks appeared in the ice. Mrs Chippy, the cat McNish had brought on board, had to be shot after the loss of the ""Endurance"", as it was obvious he would not survive the"
"the addition of a deckhouse. Shackleton was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and so for this voyage ""Quest"" bore the RYS suffix and flew the White Ensign. Sailing from London for the Southern Ocean on 17 September 1921, the ship reached South Georgia on 4 January 1922 while preparing to enter Antarctic waters. The following night Shackleton, the commander of the expedition, died aboard the vessel while she was at anchor in Grytviken. This ended all prospects of the expedition's carrying out its original program of exploring the Antarctic coastline of Enderby Land. Led by Frank Wild, ""Quest"""
"Personnel of the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, 1921–22, was the last Antarctic expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Proposed as an ambitious two-year programme of Antarctic exploration it was curtailed by the death of Shackleton and the inadequacies of the expedition's ship, ""Quest"". Under the command of Frank Wild several attempts were made to break through the Antarctic pack ice, but the expedition was never able to proceed further than longitude 20°E. On the crew's return to Cape Town to refit in preparation for the second term they were ordered home. The crew of the ""Quest"" comprised 24 members"
"the Royal Navy Reserve in 1902 and served on HMS ""Swiftsure"" for a year before returning to the Merchant Navy. In 1914, he joined the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which aimed to cross the Antarctic continent. After the expedition's ship ""Endurance"" was trapped in ice and wrecked, he and the rest of the expedition sailed three lifeboats to Elephant Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula. From here, he, along with Shackleton and four others, sailed the lifeboat ""James Caird"" some across the stormy South Atlantic Ocean, eventually arriving at their intended destination, South Georgia. His navigation skills were crucial to the safe"
"return from the Antarctic, was to be battered to pieces in the North Sea, after running aground on the Barber Sands off the Norfolk coast on 31 January 1919. Only two of her 12-person crew survived. A number of geographic features of Antarctica were named after the ship, including Nimrod Glacier. Nimrod (ship) Nimrod was the ship Ernest Shackleton used in his 1908 Antarctic Nimrod Expedition for the South Pole. It was a 41-year-old schooner of 334 gross register tons that had been used to hunt seals and whales. Shackleton, who paid £5,000 for the ship, had it re-rigged as"
"Falmouth. It has travelled overseas to be exhibited in Washington DC, New York, Sydney, Australia, Wellington (Te Papa) New Zealand and Bonn, Germany. The James Caird Society was established in 1994, to ""preserve the memory, honour the remarkable feats of discovery in the Antarctic, and commend the outstanding qualities of leadership associated with the name of Sir Ernest Shackleton"". In 2000, German polar explorer Arved Fuchs built a detailed copy of Shackleton's boat—named ""James Caird II""—for his replication of the voyage of Shackleton and his crew from Elephant Island to South Georgia. The ""James Caird II"" was among the first"
"a number of Royal Navy ships, including 12 months on HMS ""Swiftsure"", for the next two years. He then returned to the Merchant Navy and found a position with Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers, which sailed regularly from England to Canada and South America. He would intermittently be called up for service in the RNR over the next several years. This included a month in 1911 spent aboard HMS ""New Zealand"". In 1914, the explorer Ernest Shackleton began preparing an expedition which had the goal of completing the first crossing of the Antarctic continent. The failure of Robert Falcon Scott"
"of the original crew left the expedition to sign up when war was declared with Germany, and others returned to England after the ship put in at Buenos Aires. Personnel of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was an attempt to cross the Antarctic continent led by Ernest Shackleton. The personnel were divided into two groups: the Weddell Sea party consisting of the men who would attempt the crossing and their support, and the Ross Sea party whose job it was to lay stores on the far side of the Pole for the members of the Weddell Sea"
"in Arthur C. Clarke's book """" was named by Clarke after RRS ""Discovery""; Clarke used to eat his lunch aboard her, as she was moored near the office where he worked in London. The Space Shuttle ""Discovery"" is named for RRS ""Discovery"". RRS Discovery RRS ""Discovery"" is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built for Antarctic research, and launched in 1901. She was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the United Kingdom. Its first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, and highly successful, journey to the Antarctic,"